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A BW Energy oil platform sank off Gabon, leaving five people missing; the RPM is calling for an investigation.
5 articles from 25 October to 26 October 2026 · 🇬🇦 Gabon
Gabon’s Ministry of Petroleum provides details on the sinking of the Prospector 5 drilling rig off Mayumba. The article revisits a sinking already reported on 25 October, according to Gabonclic.
Source: Gabonclic
Gabon’s Ministry of Petroleum provides details on the sinking of the Prospector 5 drilling rig off Mayumba. The article revisits a sinking already reported on 25 October, according to Gabonclic.
🇬🇦 Gabon · 01:36
The Rassemblement pour la Patrie et la Modernité is calling for a technical investigation after the Prospector 5 rig ran aground, leaving 110 survivors and five people missing off Mayumba. Its spokesperson Étienne Francky Meba Ondo also called for support for the families and the preservation of national unity, according to Gabonclic.
🇬🇦 Gabon · 01:26
Gabon’s Minister of Petroleum has announced an investigation into the sinking of the Prospector 5 jack-up platform, operated by BW Energy, off Mayumba on Saturday evening. Investigators are to establish the exact causes of the accident after five people went missing, according to Gabonactu.
🇬🇦 Gabon · 13:15
Borr Drilling’s Prospector 5 rig sank at the Dussafu concession off Mayumba while preparing a campaign for BW Energy. An anonymous oil expert cited several possible technical failures and called on the Gabonese government to demand accountability from the operator and its contractor, according to the Gabonese Press Agency.
🇬🇦 Gabon · 12:24
The Prospector 5 jack-up drilling rig, operated by Norwegian company Borr Drilling, sank on 24 October on the Dussafu Marine oil licence, off Gabon. The sinking left 110 survivors and five people missing, according to Gabonactu.
🇬🇦 Gabon · 08:09
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